Books - Comments by ppint.

Books - Comments by ppint.

« Member Page

Page 74 of 670 : Previous : Next :

Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 12th Sep 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! (2000)	hachette uk / orion / victor gollancz imprint h/cvr first printing, simultaneous first edition simultaneous with the card-covered bind-up of the same signatures softcover edition cover (d-j) art by graham higgins as also is all the full-colour comic book cartooning script (text in speech bubbles, etc.) by stephen briggs cover (d-j) price £14.99 (check) 128pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 12th Sep 2023		Book Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! [The Graphic Novel] (2000)	hachette uk / orion / victor gollancz imprint softcover first printing, simultaneous first edition card-covered bind-up of the same signatures as the h/cvr first edition cover art by graham higgins as is all the full-colour comic cartooning comprising this graphic novel script (text) by stephen briggs cover price £9.99 128pp. including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Otis Adelbert Kline - The Swordsman Of Mars (1961)	and the first published year date, too, has now been corrected!
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - The Earthbook Of Stormgate (1979)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition reprint anthology of one short novel, eight novelettes and three short stories, nf essay by sandra miesel cover art by bob fowke (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from ''(the children of) shiny mountain'' david dvorkin (abp / magnum books 1978), q.v., where bob fowke is credited on the back cover) cover price $2.25 448pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table of contents etc, end pp. refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical undated second printing
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - The Earthbook Of Stormgate (1978)	berkley putnam h/cvr first printing, first edition reprint collection of one short novel, eight novelettes, three short stories, nf essay by sandra miesel cover (d-j) art by anthony ''tony'' roberts (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap; re-used from ''the corridors of time'' poul anderson (granada/panther 1975 uk), q.v.) cover (d-j) price $10.95 400pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards distinguish from the 10/1978 merkin science fiction book club h/cvr edition which differs: cat# 5439 no cover (d-j) price (states book club edition on d-j front flap) 380pp. (check) inclusive (i.e. text was re-set in smaller type) printer's gutter code I39 on page no.365 on the first printing of this book club h/cvr edition indicates printed september for sale to book club members only from october 1978 as the fall/1978 selection or special selection
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Brain Wave (1966)	title is^W was wrong and should^W has been separated into its two words, ''brain wave'' as per title page, front cover and spine it will^W then^W is now automagically be sorted correctly by bookcat together with other editions of the novel
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Brain Wave (1960)	title is^W was wrong and should^W has now been separated into its two words, ''brain wave'' as per title page, front cover, and spine it will^W then^W is now automagically be sorted correctly by bookcat together with other editions of the novel
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Michael Moorcock - Stormbringer (1974)	granada publishing group mayflower books p/b over-all fourth printing cover by bob haberfield retained from mayflower books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover price 35p, $1.20 australia, $1.20 new zealand, $1.25 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical fifth printing, which differs: cover price 40p, etc. adds statement of fourth printing and year (1974 again) in publishing history
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Vault Of The Ages (1980)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb second printing, with new cover art by david egge (signed egge, uncredited(?check)) cover price $1.95 176pp. (check not 160pp. ?mayn't include the forward? or something) including titles, indicia etc.
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Vault Of The Ages (1978)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition cover art by wayne d. barlowe (signed with his symbol of initials in line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price $1.75 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Vault Of The Ages (1952)	john c. winston co. h/cvr first printing, first edition (so stated) winston science fiction series #10 cover (d-j) art by paul orban endpapers b+w illustrations by alex schomburg cover (d-j) price $2.00 212pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with decorated endpapers between covered boards month of publication/printing not given; possibly taken from the whole sf database 2
ppint. 11th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Vault Of The Ages (1969)	the hearst corporation avon books camelot imprint p/b° first printing, first p/b edition cover art by joseph ''joe'' polsino (signed jp, credited) cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, 4pp. nf forward by the author, etc, end pp. ° - does not seem to've been an mmpb, being printed on higher quality paper and kept in print longer
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Edmond Hamilton - The Sun Smasher (1959)	aka ''starman come home'' (novella) universe #7, 9/1954 unstated but clearly the cover story, art by malcolm h. smith, one b+w illustration by h. w. mccauley
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Ivar Jorgenson - Starhaven (1959)	doubled with ''the sun smasher'' edmond hamilton (1959), q.v.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Dance Down The Stars (1994)	duel of sorcery trilogy and sequel the dancer trilogy completed, details completed, all links to & fro completed and tested.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Serpent Waltz (1994)	the dancer trilogy #2: (the duel of sorcery setting #5:) 2#1: ''dancer's rise'' (1993), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Serpent Waltz (1994)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by david a. cherry (unsigned?°, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.946 cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 336pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° -:david cherry's initials(?) may be on the top rail of the boat/ship's hull near the bottom edge
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Dancer's Rise (1993)	the dancer trilogy #1: (duel of sorcery setting #4:) 2#1: ''dancer's rise'' (1993), (this book) 2#2: ''serpent waltz'' (1994), q.v. 2#3: ''dance down the stars'' (1994), q.v. duel of sorcery trilogy: #1: ''moongather'' (1982), q.v. for the two series listings, and links.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Dancer's Rise (1993)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by richard hescox (signed, mis-credited to jody a. lee) near-meaningless daw books collector no.925 cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 372pp. (check) including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Dance Down The Stars (1994)	the dancer trilogy 2#3: (duel of sorcery setting #6:) 2#1: ''dancer's rise'' (1993), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Dance Down The Stars (1994)	daw books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by jim warren near-meaningless daw books collector no.962 cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 372pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Changer's Moon (1985)	duel of sorcery trilogy #3: #1: ''moongather'' (1982), q.v. for two series listings, and links.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Changer's Moon (1985)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first two printings sharing merkin-printed covers and cover art by jody a. lee (signed jalee, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.638 cover price $3.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $3.50 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between variants: the simultaneous canadian-carcassed copies printing number line drops the first digit leaving 23456789, formally identifying them as the second printing
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Moonscatter (1983)	duel of sorcery trilogy #2: #1: ''moongather'' (1982), q.v. for two series listings, and links.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Moonscatter (1983)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first two printings, first edition sharing merkin-printed covers, cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited) interior b+w map (unsigned, uncredited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.516 cover price $3.50 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 308pp. (check) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between variants: from late 1980 to mid-1990s canadian-carcassed copies drop the first digit leaving 23456789 formally identifying them as the second printing, as is true of all new american library-produced mmpbs
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Moongather (1982)	duel of sorcery universe setting: duel of sorcery trilogy: #1: ''moongather'' (1982), (this book) #2: ''moonscatter'' (1983), q.v. #3: ''changer's moon'' (1985), q.v. the dancer trilogy: 2#1: ''dancer's rise'' (1993), q.v. 2#2: ''serpent waltz'' (1994), q.v. 2#3: ''dance down the stars'' (1994), q.v.
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Jo Clayton - Moongather (1982)	daw books mmpb simultaneous first two printings, first edition, sharing merkin-printed covers and cover art by ken w. kelly (signed, credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.481 cover price $3.50 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel) cover price $2.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution) 248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to see if carcass of the copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed; no priority in distribution date established, nor liable to be, but the canadian-carcassed simultaneous first printing of all new american library mmpbs including daw books titles they manufactured and distributed from late 1980-to-mid 1990s were all identified by having the first digit from the printing number line dropped, leaving 23456789 and identifying them formally as the second printing
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Trader To The Stars (1979)	berkley publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb undated° fourth printing cover art by angus mckie (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the flights of icarus'' martyn dean, roger dean, donald lehmkuhl (1977); re-used from ''the planet that wasn't'' isaac asimov (sphere 1977), qq.v.) cover price $1.75 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising ° date entered obtained by my interpolation of cat#-containing isbn into those of known date, the month berkley issued poul anderson titles of known publication date, and comparison of cover prices of berkley mmpbs of this extent n.b. a 1977 berkley books printing of ''tomorrow, the stars'' ed. robert a. heinlein in error bears the comparative sbn, 425-03894-7, in its indicia - though iiuc not upon its cover - nor the isbn
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Trader To The Stars (1976)	publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image statement, a berkley medallion book
ppint. 10th Sep 2023		Book Poul Anderson - Trader To The Stars (1966)	publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image

Page 74 of 670 : Previous : Next :